>> also team coverage for the memorial, we have two reporters in san jose.

. we are live in downtown san jose at the hp pavilion as 20,000 people could show up this morning for the two fallen officers, we will tell you about all the plans. i am tracking some rain showers offshore and i will tell you coming up if showers are and coming into your neighborhood. we have a news crew headed to a violent attack, it all happened on the streets, stay tuned for ktvu channel 2 morning news. good morning, thank you for joining us march 7th, i am pam cook. >> and let's first go to mark, you are in for steve, good to see you. you may want to bundle up, temperatures are in the 30s and 40s and rain showers are on the increase especially by this afternoon and we are not in the

clear but you can see rain showers in the pacific and we will be watching out for that but sal is watching the roadways and has an update on that, good morning sal. westbound 24 between walnut creek and oakland nice looking drive no major problems and traffic also looks good on the sunole grade heading to 680 south, let's go back to the desk. police sergeant loren butler worked as a patrol officer and hostage negotiator. janine de la vega is in san jose where the memorial will be

held at the hp pavilion but we begin with claudine wong in santa cruz. >> reporter: good morning, yes the procession will start from behind me and there has been a lot of activity within the last half hour when we last checked in. search and rescue will be preparing for what will be this enormous procession that will go from here to san jose. it will start here and go to 8:45 and already we have an estimated 200 vehicles lining the streets to the 33-mile journey where tens of thousands will say goodbye. fellow officers and family had a private viewing and many were able to say goodbye at the funeral home. they have been guarding the officers around the clock honoring their life and

service. the healing process has begun but it will take time. >> it is helping people heel a little bit, get a little bit of closure. it will take awhile of course. >> so again, this procession will start here in the city where these two officers served. it will leave here and go in a single line down 87 and people will father at the arena hosted by one of the council members here and also downtown santa cruz is opening its doors and it is for whoever wants to gather and grieve together out here on the beach boardwalk parking lot and this does take a lot of effort to get everyone from place and they want to

make sure everything is moving a long smoothly. they will move us because we have a live event of media trying to cover this event at home for you and we will keep you updated on the morning news. live in santa cruz claudine wong. we begin with janine de la vega she is outside the hp pavilion in san jose where the public memorial will be held, jeanine? >> reporter: well, it is quiet here and later this morning, this whole area will be filled with people. the procession will be filled on autumn street and headed here but it is unknown how many people will come and they are estimating between -- well nearly 20,000 people could show up and they knew that which is why they will be keeping it

there. butch baker was described as a friend and mentor and great investigator. detective elizabeth butler was well respected, worked as a drug act and hostage negotiator and worked in investigations in her career. both were gunned down last tuesday and their cass -- cass gets will be guarded to the hp pavilion. >> the hope is that we sends these officers off with the honor they deserve and that's what i want this to be about and i want the families to be pleased in the manner in which we have chosen to honor our fallen officers. >> we will have pamela harris, santa cruz county sheriff will

be here and leon panetta will also be here because he represented the central coast for many years. law enforcement are also expected. and another santa cruz native, he competed on american idle and he will be singing a song here. we will have much more and coming up in the next half hour. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> jeanine e-make sure you stay here for live team coverage and then the public memorial begins at 11:00 o'clock beginning at noon. police are at the scene of an overnight stabbing. ktvu channel 2 morning news' tara moriarty is in the area of

mission, what is out there, tara? >> reporter: we understand one man is fighting for his live at the hospital and another man is in custody. the closest intersection was blocked off initially and you can see an officers called quarry and they have informed us some sort of a fight broke out just after 2:00 a.m. and it was a big group and when people scattered there was a man down on the ground and he suffered stab wounds to his abdomen. police were able to obtain a suspect and he is not believing this is gang related and they are also saying perhaps the

suspect and victim knew each other. live from san francisco, tara moriarty. they suspect a major hit- and-run in santa clara. it happened on highway 101 just north of the great america parkway. witnesses said it real ended barreling into a tree. highway patrol said the suspect then took off. >> fortunately this collision was witnessed by a santa clara police officer and they made a stop on the suspect... >> now the suspect's identity has not been released, he faces felony hit-and-run and dui charges. >> that takes us right to sal how is it looking so far?

>> that is the real police radio. >> good morning everybody let's go out and look at the mcarthur maze. we are off to a good start because yesterday at this time it was not a good start, it was windy and raining and mark says it is going to rain later so i will let him explain that. some of these areas are okay. traffic is moving well getting to highway 17 and any time your windshield wipers are on your headlights must be on as well. let's go to mark. we have a nice start thursday morning just partly to mostly cloudy skies and we have

a circulation involved and we have a circulation right in the passive -- pacific and we are expecting a few rain showers to ship this afternoon. we are off to a cold start showing you the 30s and 40s. san jose 41 and concord in the upper 30s reporting 39. this is eventually on track and this afternoon, it is cold this afternoon and snow levels are coming down to 3,000 feet. lots of clouds cover and you will notice rain showers here in the pacific and we begin to bump up coverage and not everyone will be getting the showers but it is still a factor especially in the southern half of the region not

as much of the organized activity in parts of the north bay but in the evening things begin to wind down. scattered showers begin to develop and temperatures are mainly in the 50s. hook what happens, we have partly cloudy skies by afternoon and with your weekend always in view, it will be warm and don't forget to change your clocks, spring forward one hour ahead. a 13 hour standoff in the senate over the nomination for cia director. the important issue one senator from kentucky was determined to put in the spotlight. they are determined to put it in the spotlight, a house burned with one man inside.

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. welcome back, a sheriff's deputy is being called a hero after running into a burning house to save a man. an elderly woman had already gotten out when he arrived but her husband was still in there

trying to save their dog. >> we are cops, we are doctors, we are psychologists and saturday night i was a fireman, or i thought i was. >> he is a hero too. the couple and their dog got out of the burning house safely. the deputy was treated for smoke inhalation but he is okay too. they are demanding the release of 21 un peacekeepers being held by syrian rebels. they will hold the peacekeepers until they withdraw from the area. they are part of a force that monitors a says fire -- cease- fire along the border. senator rand paul ended his filibusterer as cia director earlier this morning. scott mcfarland joins us from the washington d.c. newsroom and scott you were there when

this filibuster started. >> i couldn't believe the way it ended, a 14 hour -- 13 hour filibuster and they must confirm john brennan and confirm -- confirmation is a sure thing. his comments included drones in the u.s. and his colleagues are joining him in the protest. he has not been forthcoming enough about brennan and the cia. >> here is a guy who is transparent and wanting to give a lot of information to the american people but he will not respond to the u.s. senator. >> he was required to remain standing and 13 hours he punched candy bars to keep his energy up and at the end he

admitted he needed a bathroom break. scott mcfarland ktvu channel 2 morning news. a man hit and killed a 13- year-old girl in san francisco. karen brewer made his first court appearance. he had a .09 alcohol level and was barely above the illegal level when he hit the woman. not only was he drinking but he was driving 10 miles per hour over the speed limit. he hit her when he was crossing the boulevard and she had just come back from celebrating her birthday with her friends. he is facing up to 10 years in prison. loss altos police are hoping surveillance video helps them catch suspected bank robber. check this out. he went to a bank on third street yesterday morning and

showed a handgun and then he escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. estranged 5-foot 6 to 5-foot 8 with a medium build. san francisco examiner said only half of the children haven rolled. low income children between the ages of 5 and 17 are eligible to ride for free but more than half -- less than half have signed up. let's go to sal. can you take care of the folks at the toll plaza? >> yes, i can. westbound, it looks good and we have slight delay on some of those lanes. westbound coming into san francisco looks good and the roads are dry for now.

south 101, it looks good approaching the 880 split getsing to -- getting to king street. traffic looks good and the winds are not especially gusty so it is a pretty good drive across the spans. let's go to mark. we have pretty picture of the move and we have an idea about that we do have some overcast out there and we have a nice start and chilly start to your day. we have showers this afternoon but this morning we are off to a dry start and tomorrow we are becoming partly cloudy for the afternoon and temperatures will be warming back up. on live tracker radar, we have the bulk of this is 10 to 20 miles per hour offshore that

will be approaching our coastline especially the afternoon hours. you definitely want to bundle up and san jose 41 degrees. this will be the source of some rain showers and a chance for some thunder showers and it is cold enough we have a winter weather advisory in san bernardino counties mainly up to 5,000 feet. we have cloud cover this morning and then in the afternoon we bump up shower chances and notice the highest chance is in the southern half of the region and by 10:00 we have lingering clouds which will move out tomorrow. for this morning we have a chance of a shower and showers developing this afternoon and 58 degrees. cloudy this afternoon and there

is a chance of a bay sprinkle for the afternoon and we warm things up by sunday with your weekend always in view and upper 60s by sunday. european markets are opening with gains. taiwan and japan were up and checking in on our numbers, the dow jones industrial average 14296 gaining 42 points yesterday, s&p 500 has small little moves there and we will keep watching to see what indications we have for this morning's report. right now futures indicate a slightly higher opening. right now yahoo is awarding marissa meyer with a million dollar bonus and that's in addition to her $1 million a year salary and long-term stock

compensation. yahoo is unlikely to be upset. yahoo's shares have written by -- risen by 40% since marissa became the boss last may. why that sound could land that and in jail. and in stamford, why there were not as many players at the game last night, stay tuned.

. the stamford rivalry really got intense last night. >> boy, this scuffle broke out during the game and two players and three assistant coaches were ejected when they left the -- because the left the bench and called 7 technical fouls. that may have ended cal's chances of winning the regular season title. the man accused of destroying a muni bus is due back in court today. gregory is accused of torching a muni bus which happened during the celebration of the giants world series victory. he is facing charges of

vandalism and tampering with a transit vehicle. laughing out loud in his own house could cost a man in new york. >> that is robert, he says his neighbor called the police because he was laughing too loud. now he has been given tickets for disturbing the piece and one carries a fine or 15 days in jail and he said he will fight those tickets. >> we will fight our way over to sal, he knows all about the morning commute. let's go out and take a look at these commutes, getting up to 880, traffic looks good and it is just a reminder, we will be keeping an eye on the area when police make their way to the pavilion and police will

be coming from all over the state so we will be watching that as well. for the most part we will be dry and for this morning there is a chance of a shower so bundle up and 40 to 42 degrees and the possibility of a thunderstorm and dropping snow levels to 14,000 feet. we strip the clouds this weekend and temperatures respond by warming up and by monday we have the warmest parts across the bay area. we have your radar coming up in just a few minutes. we are finding out more about the woman who was malled and killed by a lion at a wild animal park. the rule at the park to say out of the pens she told her father was too hard to follow.

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more rain, when is it coming? >> we had the rain yesterday, a bit of a break yesterday morning and a few more drops later today and you can see the activity in the pacific and most of it remains offshore for the next few hours buy but by this afternoon -- but by this afternoon we have the possibility much a thunderstorm and first we have an update on traffic with sal. good morning, sal. the traffic looks good as you pass mission boulevard and heading up to the hell hill. earlier the driver fell asleep and the truck fell 40 feet down an end bank. . -- end bank. , the truck was filled with pet food. they are not going to try and

move it until later. sergeant loren butch baker and deceive butler were killed in the line of duty. they are live in san jose where this morning's public memorial will be held, jeanine? >> reporter: it will be a very emotional day and since last week police officers have been working closely with the fallen officer's families to make sure the service is done right. the procession will come here on autumn street. sergeant baker and -- sergeant baker and butler were killed during a call. butler leaves behind a wife and two sons who work with the police department. butler worked in investigations and leaves behind her partner and two young boys.

both of their caskets are being guarded at the santa cruz memorial home and they will be escorted to the hp pavilion. 12,000 to 15,000 people are expected to pay respects and the motorcade is expected to be a mile long and they are asking drivers to the patient. >> we will be physically closing the on ramp so when transitioning to 85, we will be shutting down traffic going 85 southbound until the procession gets completely on to the 85 freeway. >> today in attendance at the funeral which begins at 12 will be governor governor jerry brown and pamela harris and

vogue gallon and former defense secretary leon panetta will also be here because he used to represent this area for years. the families of baker and butter requested a song be performed by james durbin who is a santa cruz native and he also -- native and he also competed on american idol. they could be in the back doing preps but we will continue to monitor as the morning goes on for preparations here at hp pass have you beyond. janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. many people will not be able to make it so many attended a public viewing in santa cruz last night. many were overcome with emotion as they saw the flag draped

caskets of the two officers who had fallen last week. many will be able to watch the ceremony in downtown santa cruz and free parking will be available at depot park in santa cruz. an we have an effort to help the families, santa cruz police established a scholarship fund for the children. they have already donated 125,000 dollars to that scholarship funds. make sure you stay here all day long for special coverage. the public memorial begins at 11:00 with a service starting at noon. we want to update you on the service we first reported a half hour ago. a fight led to a stabbing early this morning.

tara moriarty is in the mission district as investigators are trying to see what happened. we just had an update from police and he is still in critical condition. this is not a robbery and what exactly happened here. let's take a look at the video where the violence broke out on mission street and 17th which happened just after 2:00 a.m. this morning. authorities said a group of men were fighting, one pulled a knife and everybody scattered. the victim has not been identified but again in critical condition at the hospital. one person is being questioned at the station and police are wrapped up their -- police have wrapped up their investigation and we will let you know if

there is any new information. live in san francisco, tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. we are finding out more about the woman who was malled to death. tie anna died yesterday at a big cat sanctuary 45 miles each of the of fresno. the attack happened inside the enclosure. she was attacked by a four-year- old lie beyond and yesterday we -- lion and yesterday we spoke to her father who said the one park rule she did not like. >> that place said they couldn't go into the i can'ts and she was pretty disappointed. >> they are now investigating why she was in the enclosure during feeding time. the lion was shot and killed by

a sheriff's deputy. we are now learning more about venezuela president hugo chavez, the guard said he died of a massive heart attack. he was with him during his death and in his final moment he mouthed the words saying i don't want to die, please don't let me die. a formal memorial will be held. president barack obama has been held for ryan at the house today. now this follows the dinner last night at the jefferson hotel just a few blocks from the white house. according to the white house, the president paid with his own money. the control towers at 5

small areas are closed in napa, san carlos and they plan to announce a finalist and the towers will be closed in early april. time now 5:38, sal is back, what is happening on the east bay? well, the roads are getting more crowded dave and pam although it has not reached a critical level, this is richmond to berkeley, it is getting more crowded but not a lot of stop and go traffic right at the only end -- open pep coliseum. they are moving south from hayward to fremont and it does look good. let's go to mark. >> we are dry right now and we have some green showing up and

the bulk remains offshore and we cannot rule out the chances of a shower but this will be the source of a few isolated thunderstorms. you definitely want to bump you will up -- bundle up as far as temperatures oakland 42, hayward 42 and livermore in the up eastern 30s at 70 degrees. here is the weather system we have been tracking and the eventual track, we have a dry forecast over head and it will go right in between. this is develop wally on track to hit southern california. snow levels are coming down to about 3,000 feet. here is our forecast model, lots of clouds cover and we have introduced some cloud cover especially for the

southern half of the region and tomorrow for the most part, i am tracking one cell you can see by the afternoon hours by 3:00 and 4:00 and this will set the stage for a dry and warm weekend. showers are developing and once again, it's not covering the entire bay area and the focus will be across the southern half of the region. temperatures in the mid-50s, lots of clouds cover -- cloud cover and we will have your updated forecast in a few minutes. we have an east coast winter storm barreling towards the coast and we want to show you live pictures which is massachusetts, look at that water churning. there are people there who say they have suffered enough. and a walk across the bay

bridge, the decision was made about taking part in the celebration. it's not a bad drive between walnut creek and oakland...

. time now 5:43 we have some rain showers offshore and we will be tracking more activity for the afternoon hours. good morning to you, here is a quick look at some of the top stories we are following at 5:44 today is a day of mourning as two santa cruz officers are laid to rest. thousands will watch a procession that will begin at the boardwalk and end in san

jose's pavilion. it is in honor of loren butch baker and sergeant butler. they blamed a suspected drunk driver for a hit-and-run in santa clara early this morning. witnesses say the suspect rear-ended a white pickup truck smashing it into a tree suffering major head injuries. he was able to track town the suspect a short time later. a stabbing happened 2:00 a.m. and the victim is in surgery as we speak. police were able to catch suspect in the case and investigators do not believe it was gang related or even a robbery attempt. a storm which is moving across the country is taking aim at new england. a reporter joins us from the coastal town of massachusetts

and just to give you an idea, you are about an hour away from boston, it was rough behind you -- it looks rough behind you right now. as you mentioned, we are around an hour away in the coastal town of massachusetts and this is before the storm and the people here are preparing themselves for the worst. >> reporter: the new england shoreline is shoring up. >> i actually have to watch the tide chart when i am at work. >> reporter: some residents were not willing to take a chance with these churning seas. >> the whole block was sand, i moved out. >> reporter: the outer banks, the storm has already left its mark on the coast.

they took a direct hit from the blizzard a month ago and storm warnings remain in effect until monday morning. it pummeled the midwest and made a mess of the mid- atlantic. in some places where the storm has come and gone the danger is not over and has left roofs vulnerable to collapse -- vulnerable to collapsing. with a wide swath, now a winter wonderland, for those who have already experienced this, spring can't come soon enough. >> it is not all doom and gloom so we just have to hunker down and stay warm, guys?

thank you for that live report. the last cardinal elected for the new pope will meet again this evening. the church said they are spending this time getting reacquainted and discussing the top issues facing the church. they cannot begin conclave until the final cardinal arrives. back here a new police consultant said he can reduce the city's crime rate. >> policing crime rate does not come and go. police work in the community... >> william bratten spoke to the public yesterday. he is expected to recommend license plate scanning an increased use of that controversial stop and frisk policy and he believes most crimes are committed by a smal

group of criminals. >> police say 10 car thefts have been reported in the last few months and many were left unlocked. in nine of the thefts, the driver left the keys in the car. several were stolen because the driver left the keys in the vehicle. we are talking about actor james frank, best known for pineapple express and 127 hours. he was born and raised in palo alto and his latest movie, oz the great and powerful will begin and he is known as the officer. they are charging a fee for people to walk the span during

a labor day weekend party and the grand opening will begin competitive runs and 150,000 people are expected. sal will take you to the bridge right now. >> we are going to take you to the bridge. westbound coming up to the toll plaza dave and pam not all that bad, it does not get crowded until 6:15 and right now it does look okay. as we move to san francisco, northbound and southbound #0 1 -- 101, it should be a nice drive on the bay shore freeway. speaking of the bay shore, we'll see that time is likely to grow. we are tracking more

showers offshore but a dry start for the bay area, and later on they are redeveloping becoming partly cloudy and then the weekend, no threat of rain as we dry up for saturday and sunday. basically just out to this point there is circulation and we have a shower associated here and showers are mostly scattered in nature. temperatures are off to a cold start 30s and 40s in novato, oakland 42 and mountain view at 43. once again we have the satellite and radar, an area of low pressure is at the southern coastline and as it begins to move parallel, we will grin in some scattered know fall.

it is bay clay south of the tie -- showers of the bay area. and later we will have -- showers for the bay area and later things will quiet into tomorrow. a chance for a shower and showers developing temperatures mainly in the 50s and 53 to 58 degrees. here is a look ahead with your weekend always in view and temperatures will be warming by sunday and we have some upper 60s. all right, thank you mark. 5:52 is the time, federal experts will tell us what they found out about the battery fire on board the airlines dreamer. the pat are you was badly burned and boeing has submitted its proposal to if i can the

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